ECHOES. Plot Twist

The annual live exhibition ECHOES explores contemporary media: the digital and the body. We ask what live and liveness mean in our increasingly digitalised world.

The third edition is dedicated to language and play. “Plot Twist” explores how we communicate and create sense, how human language is just one part of the story, and how non-human voices add unpredictable layers of meaning. Like a sound wave that is reflected from a distant surface, ECHOES reflects the overarching themes of the year. Through music, dance, and conversations, ECHOES blends ancient myth and contemporary technology. During four days in the darkest time of the winter, ECHOES is an invitation to be present and to reflect together on eco-fictions, human-machine relationships, and other demons.

ECHOES begins with a performance by Hanne Lippard, who inaugurates TUNE with the new installation Sour Loop commission in collaboration with Laurel Halo. This opening work creates a beautifully serene timbre, playfully testing the malleability of bodies and words. On Friday, the mood evolves into a contemplative, hypnotic tone that may at times become unsettling and extends into late evening, inviting release and dance. Saturday is about “choose your own adventure” as ECHOES culminates in the outstanding new production Dimanche by Anansi’s Web, a spectacular performance developed through deep research into Afro-Caribbean music traditions and carnival characters. On Sunday, Pussy Riot is back to close ECHOES with their powerful performance combining music and political commentary, extending their exhibition “Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia” into a live concert format.

With Anansi’s Web (Curtly Thomas & Nelta Kasparian), Hanne Lippard & Laurel Halo, Invernomuto, Layton Lachman, Lucy Liyou, Pavel Milyakov & Martyna Basta, Pussy Riot, Rully Shabara, and Sarah Friend.

Curated by Sarah Johanna Theurer and Sarah Miles with Marlene Mützel with support by Ilinca Fechete.

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Programme

Thursday, 30.1.25

7 pm | Hanne Lippard. Performance
A poetic piece refl ecting on everyday life, listening, and togetherness.

7.30 pm | Layton Lachman, Samuel Hertz, Dan Immanuel Roth & Arta de Mi. In the Shadow of Forward Motion. Dance
What happens when you become intimate with the stranger of your own body?

8.30 pm | Lucy Liyou. Concert
A narrative concert that combines voice, piano, and text-to-speech recordings.

Friday, 31.1.25

6.30 pm | ­Hanne Lippard & Laurel Halo. Sour Loop. Talk
Lippard and Halo present a new work as part of TUNE called Sour Loop.

7 pm | ­Rully Shabara. Concert
8.15 | Rully Shabara. Talk
A polyphonic musical dialogue with the AI voice of Xhabarabot and an experiment on human expression and synthetic emotions.

8.45 pm | Pavel Milyakov & Martyna Basta. Concert
A hypnotic sound diary with unpredictable “plot twists,” exploring the signifi cance and beauty of impermanence, change, and decay.

9.45 pm | Laurel Halo. DJ set
In the spirit of her radio show, Awe on NTS, Laurel Halo brings us in touch with the feeling of being confronted by uncontrollable forces: nature, the cosmos, chaos, human error, hallucinations.

Saturday, 1.2.25

6.30 pm | Anansi’s Web. Talk
Insights into contemporary forms of expression of Caribbean music and carnival culture.

7 pm | Invernomuto. Triton, Chapter #1. Listening Session
Ancient myths merge with contemporary technology, transmitted through sound, image, and text.

8.15 pm | Sarah Friend. Performance Lecture
An avatar performance lecture in which the audience determines the course of the narrative.

9.30 pm | Suutoo. DJ set
10 pm | Anansi's Web. Dimanche. Performance
Blending cues from hip-hop and the late 80’s Dimanche Gras Calypso competitions, Anansi’s Web activates a ceremonial space that invites you to dance with the devil.

Sunday, 2.2.25

7.30 pm | Pussy Riot. Performance & Concert
This spectacular live-show echoes their current exhibition “Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia.”

The premiere by Layton Lachman is commissioned in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut London. The project by Invernomuto is made possible thanks to the Italian Council programme (2024). The performance by Anansi’s Web is co-produced with the Roskilde Festival.

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